Last Updated on December 26, 2022
BTC block time reaches yearly high as mining hash rate plunges amid arctic blast:
https://cryptoslate.com/btc-block-time-reaches-yearly-high-as-mining-hash-rate-plunges-amid-arctic-blast/
The next BTC mining difficulty adjustment is expected on Jan. 4, 2023.
Iceberg + Spark + Trino: a modern open source data stack for blockchain:
https://cryptoslate.com/iceberg-spark-trino-a-modern-open-source-data-stack-for-blockchain/
North Korean hackers stealing NFTs using nearly 500 phishing domains:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/north-korean-hackers-stealing-nfts-using-nearly-500-phishing-domains
Defrost Finance Hacked in Attack Some Say May Have Been a Rug Pull:
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/12/25/defrost-finance-hacked-in-attack-some-say-may-have-been-a-rug-pull
400M Twitter users’ data is reportedly on sale in the black market:
https://cointelegraph.com/news/400m-twitter-users-data-is-reportedly-on-sale-in-the-black-market
Last year, crypto investors lost over $2.8 billion to rug pulls, according to a report by Chainalysis. Rug pulls accounted for 37% of the over $7.7 billion in total illicit revenue from crypto scams that year. The 2022 figure is likely to be higher: A report from blockchain risk monitoring firm Solidus Labs shows that fraudsters deployed over 117,000 scam tokens through Dec. 1, 41% more than in all of 2021.